Migration flows
Migration to the Öresund region
Since the opening of the Öresund Bridge in 2000 and up until 2009, the population in the Öresund region has increased by about 180 000, with 90 000 people on each side of the sound. The total growth of the region is due to 40 000 more births than deaths, mainly on the Danish side. The rest of the growth is due to a surplus of immigrants. In total, a net of 100 000 persons have immigrated from other countries than Denmark and Sweden, while the remaining net of 40 000 have come from both countries, Sweden especially. Finally, 13 000 persons have moved permanently from the Danish side to the Swedish side of Öresund.
The extent and direction of these flows is mainly determined by the labour market (salaries, qualifications and mobility), housing market (price formation and area), cultural differences, migration policy etc.
The population increase in the Öresund region was rather constant with about 15 000 persons per year from the end of the 1990s up until 2005, but the annual increase rose to 34 000 in 2008. While the population increase previously was due to migration from the rest of Denmark and Sweden, the main reason now was a sharp increase in immigration on both the Danish and Swedish sides of the sound. Migration from the rest of Denmark has been very modest and is now decreasing from the rest of Sweden. The birth surplus is increasing especially on the Swedish side of the sound.- Surplus of migrants and births in the Öresund region 1998 – 2008
Source: Statistics Denmark, Statistics Sweden and Örestat
